Questions with "le ma"

Asking questions about completed actions will involve using both 了 and 吗. These are simply added to the end of a sentence or statement. This means you might see questions with 了 and 吗 in different structures.\r\n== General structure ==\r\n

\r\nSubject + Verb + Object + 了吗?\r\n

\r\n== Examples ==\r\n

\r\n* 你 去 了 吗？Did you go?

• 你 吃饭 了 吗？Did you eat?
• 你 看 了 吗？Did you see?
• 他走 了 吗？Did he leave?
• 你 喝 酒 了 吗？Did you drink alcohol?
• 你 做 了 吗？Did you make it?
• 她 笑 了 吗？Did she laugh?
• 你 给 我 打 电话 了 吗？Did you call me?
• 你 今天 喝 咖啡 了 吗？Did you drink coffee today?
• 你 吃 水果 了 吗？Did you eat fruit?\r\n

\r\n==Structure with a Topic==\r\n

\r\nTopic + (Subject) + Verb + 了吗?\r\n

\r\nNOTE: in this structure, the topic is also the object for the Verb.\r\n== Examples ==\r\n

\r\n* 北京 你 去 了 吗？Did you go to Beijing?

晚饭 你 吃 了 吗？Did you eat dinner?

电影 你 看 了 吗？Did you watch the movie?

作业 你 写 了 吗？Did you do homework?

这 本 书 你 读 了 吗？Did you read this book?

衣服 你 买 了 吗？Did you buy clothes?

酒 你 喝 了 吗？Did you drink alcohol?

电话 你 给 我 打 了 吗？Did you call me?

咖啡 你 今天 喝 了 吗？Did you drink coffee today?

水果 你 吃 了 吗？Did you eat fruit?\r\n

\r\nNotice that in these examples the object is introduced first as a topic.\r\nFinally, please notice that this pattern is nothing more than the combination of the Expressing completion with le pattern and the Yes - no questions with ma pattern.\r\n==See also==

Yes - no questions with ma

Expressing completion with le

Rhetorical Questions with "nandao"\r\n

== Sources and further reading ==\r\n=== Books ===\r\n* Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide (pp. 229) →buy

• New Practical Chinese Reader 2 (新实用汉语课本2) (pp. 17) →buy
• A Practical Chinese Grammar For Foreigners (外国人实用汉语语法) (pp. 429) →buy \r\n